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    "content": "say something. They may get it all wrong. Frequently, they do. They correct themselves later, of course. This is not an area in which you can afford to have any kind of mistakes being made. Fourthly, I think it is important that there is increased awareness among the population as well because they are going to be the first victims; the most unsuspecting victims. There needs to be a higher degree of awareness on what these kinds of things involve. That way, the synergy between an informed population, trained law enforcement and centres of excellence within our universities will create a body of knowledge and capacity that over the years will help to propel us forward. I want to echo one point that was made by an earlier speaker that in the beginning, this will appear to benefit more the rich countries than ourselves. As I said, we are also at risk. We need scientific advances. But in that process, let us find out what else we can extract from these kinds of institutionalised friendships. This is saying we are friends. Let us become partners. In the process of becoming partners, let us see what else we can open doors for. We certainly should open doors for our young talent to go out there; our young biologists and various chemical experts to benefit from the best that there is in training. Can we open up opportunities for those? And can we open up opportunities for them when they come back to this country, so that they can build this expertise? We must indigenise capacity because that is the only way it is sustainable. The days when we relied on others because of the colour of their skin or their nationality must be receding rapidly because we have proven that it is possible to produce some of the best minds as well globally. We should use opportunities of this nature to expand that space as we want. I think this is a very timely process, as was described by the Mover, that Kenyans have taken in getting this to Parliament. I think we have a great tradition that we are building now in which governments are obliged to bring these kinds of treaties before the representatives of the people to ratify them and through that process, to get others to learn what it is we are committing ourselves to. This should be true across all sectors and all such agreements without exception. It is a good way in which we can jointly develop responsibility towards the implementation of these kinds of programmes. With those few remarks, I support."
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